Russian trade with Nigeria in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $299,113,183, up 34.04% ($75,961,567) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2013 totaled $267,881,789, up 35.39% ($70,024,361) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2013 totaled $31,231,394, up 23.47% ($5,937,206) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in 2013 was $236,650,395, a 37.14% increase ($64,087,155) over 2012.
Nigeria was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 92nd in 2012), accounting for 0.0355% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0265% in 2012).
Nigeria was Russia’s 80th largest export market in 2013 (up from 86th in 2012), accounting for 0.0508% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0377% in 2012).
Nigeria was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 104th in 2012), accounting for 0.0099% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0080% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 54.34% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (49.97% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 23.10% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (14.24% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.68% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (22.04% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.65% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (8.57% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.75% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (4.79% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $47,563,402;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $33,066,668;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,739,832.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $9,659,636;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $3,446,502;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,416,801;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,337,362.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 11,745,433 | 4.38 | 11,054,629 | 6.25 |
10 | Cereals | 50,097,220 | 18.70 | 17,030,552 | 194.16 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 28,120 | 0.01 | 88,162 | -68.10 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 174,983 | 0.07 | 369,951 | -52.70 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 20,323,267 | 7.59 | 16,583,435 | 22.55 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 236,717 | 0.09 | 27,620 | 757.05 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 370,652 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,280,815 | 1.22 | 4,697,616 | -30.16 |
31 | Fertilizers | 141,540,183 | 52.84 | 93,976,781 | 50.61 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 451 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 86 | 0.00 | 2,245 | -96.17 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 64,716 | 0.02 | 100,130 | -35.37 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 68,593 | 0.03 | 23,472 | 192.23 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12 | 0.00 | 41,815 | -99.97 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 1,879 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 500,759 | 0.19 | 500,631 | 0.03 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 293,559 | 0.11 | 3,740,061 | -92.15 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,899,002 | 1.46 | 5,236,364 | -25.54 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,929 | 0.00 | 634 | 204.26 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 779,352 | 0.29 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 463 | 0.00 | 8,018 | -94.23 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 58,862 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 69,214 | 0.03 | 4,076 | 1,598.09 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 10,753 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 920 | 0.00 | 4,476 | -79.45 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,241 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 11,412 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 24,184 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 913 | 0.00 | 99,050 | -99.08 |
72 | Iron and steel | 32,741,145 | 12.22 | 42,400,781 | -22.78 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,144,796 | 0.43 | 1,201,309 | -4.70 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 66,028 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,367 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 695 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 82,697 | 0.03 | 353,391 | -76.60 |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 138,323 | 0.05 | 90,111 | 53.50 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 178,461 | 0.07 | 101,920 | 75.10 |
94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 21,527 | 0.01 | 33,663 | -36.05 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7 | 0.00 | 2,388 | -99.71 |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.00% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (97.98% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.54% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (2.01% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $3,633,160;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,189,147;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $697,871;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $264,977.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster (HS code 34) - a decrease of $99,732.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 300 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 25,112 | 0.08 | 20,140 | 24.69 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 6,594 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 59,546 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 340,836 | 1.09 | 75,859 | 349.30 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,742 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,645,252 | 8.47 | 1,456,105 | 81.67 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 29,899 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,073 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 26,860,568 | 86.01 | 23,227,408 | 15.64 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 743 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 752 | 0.00 | 901 | -16.54 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,030 | 0.03 | 2,096 | 330.82 |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 0 | 0.00 | 99,732 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 171 | 0.00 | 52 | 228.85 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,105,971 | 3.54 | 408,100 | 171.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 456 | 0.00 | 1,494 | -69.48 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 59,841 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 48,522 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 195 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,238 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,561 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,347 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 7,606 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 19,742 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 1,837 | 0.01 | 956 | 92.15 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 653 | 0.00 | 79 | 726.58 |